photography by canary grey and nathan anderson

The NE Addition is a combination bedroom loft addition + mudroom conversion to a 3/4 bathroom. Together these renovations create an en-suite unit for a family in love with their neighborhood but outgrowing their home’s footprint.

This same client and property is also home to the NE studio, a “Phase 1” that provided an office detached from their main house. The look and feel of this addition took cues from the studio with shed roofs and dark vertical siding.

The interior utilizes the tall ceilings to pull off a small reading nook above a bedroom with some modest storage options tucked into the knuckle where the breezeway reconnects the bedroom to the rest of the house.

The new bathroom inserted in the old mudroom is the only bathroom on the main floor providing some longevity and flexibility for a future aging in place unit.

This project is a case study in maximizing impact for minimal cost. By keeping the bathroom inside the existing footprint we were able to minimize the challenges of facilitating a bathroom at the addition. And by adding the bedroom outside the existing footprint, we were able to increase square footage to the entire home adding value and much needed space for this family.

read more at midwest design magazine.